A Very Expensive Poison - EastLine Theatre

Name: A Very Expensive Poison - EastLine Theatre
Start: 2025-12-20T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-20T22:30:00-05:00
Location: Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts - bacca

Schedule

Sat Dec 20 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts - bacca | Lindenhurst, NY

This December: Lucy Prebble's thriller A Very Expensive Poison , based on the true story of Alexander Litvinenko. Tickets available now at eastline.ludus.com

“He knew there is a playground where borders do not matter.
Everyone knows that. And he chose to play there.“

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A shocking assassination in the heart of London. In a bizarre mix of high-stakes global politics and radioactive villainy, a man pays with his life. At this time of global crises and a looming new Cold War, this thriller sends us careening through the shadowy world of international espionage from Moscow to Mayfair.

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Performances will take place at the BACCA Arts Center in Lindenhurst starting December 20th and running through January 4th. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at eastline.ludus.com. More information is available at eastlinetheatre.org or by calling 516-749-5047.
A Very Expensive Poison by Lucy Prebble, based on the book An Expensive Poison by Luke Harding is directed by Nicole Savin and presented by EastLine Theatre in partnership with the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, costumes are by Lyn Adler and Wendy Grimm, stage management by Michelle Savin, lighting design by Remi Watts.
The cast of A Very Expensive Poison features Boyu Chen, Tom Ciorciari, Michael Devereaux, Carl DiModugno, Taylor Dunn, Steven Garry, Elise Hansen, David Edward Keen, John McGowan, Allison Paul, Debbie Starker, and Candace Wilkerson.

Step-free access to the BACCA Arts Center is available via the front door. Feel free to contact us with any access questions at [email protected].
Please be aware this play includes depiction of medical care, illness, violence, and death. A simulated firearm is used. For more specific content warnings, feel free to contact us at [email protected]. The performance is recommended for ages thirteen and up.

“One of the boldest, bravest theatre companies on Long Island,” according to Fire Island News, EastLine Theatre aims to create theatre in unlikely spaces while re-examining the canon, exploring modern plays, and bringing original works to the attention of the community.

EastLine returns to the BACCA Arts Center after September's performances of The Hours Are Feminine. In recent years, EastLine has produced a marathon staging of both parts of Angels in America; the Long Island premiere of Paula Vogel's Indecent; a Treasure Island that BroadwayWorld said was “bursting at the seams with imagination”; and a production of In the Next Room by Sarah Ruhl that Long Island Theatre Scene said “raises the bar of creativity for all theaters.” EastLine will return to BACCA Arts Center for a new season beginning February 2026.